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Meaning of arouse
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
arouse
v 1: call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse
pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy" [syn: {arouse},
{elicit}, {enkindle}, {kindle}, {evoke}, {fire}, {raise},
{provoke}]
2: stop sleeping; "She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock"
[syn: {wake up}, {awake}, {arouse}, {awaken}, {wake}, {come
alive}, {waken}] [ant: {dope off}, {doze off}, {drift off},
{drop off}, {drowse off}, {fall asleep}, {flake out}, {nod
off}]
3: summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by
magic; "raise the specter of unemployment"; "he conjured wild
birds in the air"; "call down the spirits from the mountain"
[syn: {raise}, {conjure}, {conjure up}, {invoke}, {evoke},
{stir}, {call down}, {arouse}, {bring up}, {put forward},
{call forth}]
4: cause to be alert and energetic; "Coffee and tea stimulate
me"; "This herbal infusion doesn't stimulate" [syn:
{stimulate}, {arouse}, {brace}, {energize}, {energise}, {perk
up}] [ant: {calm}, {de-energise}, {de-energize}, {sedate},
{tranquilize}, {tranquillise}, {tranquillize}]
5: cause to become awake or conscious; "He was roused by the
drunken men in the street"; "Please wake me at 6 AM." [syn:
{awaken}, {wake}, {waken}, {rouse}, {wake up}, {arouse}]
[ant: {cause to sleep}]
6: to begin moving, "As the thunder started the sleeping
children began to stir" [syn: {arouse}, {stir}]
7: stimulate sexually; "This movie usually arouses the male
audience" [syn: {arouse}, {sex}, {excite}, {turn on}, {wind
up}]
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